Celery hiller



Oct; 29, 1935.

CELERY HILLER Filed March 8, 1934 B. SHlKl I 2,019,238

Patented Oct. 29, 1935 2,019,238

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CELERY HILLER Bunzo Shiki, Ogden, Utah Application March 8, 1934, Serial No. 714,588 1 Claim. (01. 97-56) This invention relates to improvements in at right angles and the upper portions overlap celery hillers. and are connected by means of bolts 8. The In the cultivation of celery for the market, it several bars have each a plurality of openings 9 is necessary to bleach the stalks and this is accomso that adju tm s can be made for Width. Se-

plished by moving dirt against the st lk r what cured to each of the runners 5 are curved steel 5 is popularly termed billing. Where only 3, bars it which are bent in to substantially U-shape small amount of celery is raised as in a private and have their e t a ly extending side memkitchen garden, the hilling is usually performed bers H and I2 secured to the runners 5 by means by means of a, hoe 01' shovel, but here 3, large of bolts H3. The sides It and 12 have each a amount of celery is raised for the market, it bep u a y f p n s it y m a s f wh h hey comes necessary to employ a machine for this can be adjusted vertically With respect t0 the purpose and t is t machine of t type t runner. The bars Iliform the actual runners that which t invention gates come in contact with the ground and have pur- This invention, briefly described, consists of a hoseiy n made narrow 50 that they Will out 15 supporting frame having spaced parallel runners into the S011 and Serve as guides a a o 94 15 so as t form t may be termed g The means for preventing side motion of the sled. Setwo runners are connected by bars which can be cured t0 each Tunnel is a Steel frame member adjusted as t length so as to Obtain the proper having arearwardly extending bar-like portion l5 spacing to fit rows difierently spaced. secured that is fastened to the runners by means of bolts to the led are two plows each of H5. bar has front end. Curved. upwardly has a point and moldboard The plows are as indicated by reference numeral l'l. Secured versely arranged so as to throw the dirt inwardly to the {312055 members 5, 7, 6a and 1a is a draft ball and when the machine straddles a row of celery, This is Preferably held in Place by means of t plows W111 pile dirt akmg each Side f the U-bolts l9. Secured to the front end of the draft row so as to perform the billing operation. Sebar is Whiihe tree Chains 2i extendflom 25 cured to each moldboardisa roller that is located the ftont ends of members IT to the cross bar at the rear or discharge end and adjusted so as 22 which is secured to the front end of the draft to press the soil against the celery stalks. The bar Handles for Steering the device are device is also provided with means for adjusting secured to the cross bars by means of U-bolts 24 30 the depth f the f w out by the plows and 1n the manner shown most clearly in Fig. 1. 30 with means for raising the machine during trans- The bar has Secured its from? end a Donation plow beam 25 which is held in place by means Having thus briefly described the machine and of bolts or rivets 2'6. Secured to the lower end called attention to its salient features, the same oiihe beam 25 is hiow point 21 and attached to will now be described in detail, and for this reason this is moidboard The rear ends of the mold- 35 reference 111 be had to the accompanying draw boards are supported by means of brackets 29 ing in which it has been ilustrated in its preferred Whose upper ehds are Secured the transverse fom and in which; I bar 6 and 6:1 by means of bolts 30. The lower ends Fig. 1 is a plan View of the machine; of the supporting brackets are secured to the ver- 40 Fig 2 is a side elevation f the machine; tical portions of the transverse bar by means of 40 3 is a rear elevation look-mg in the direc bolts 30. The inner ends of the brackets are tion of arrow 3, Fig 1 portions being broken away straight as indicated by reference numeral 3| and to better disclose the construction; and are provided with openings 32 for adjusting the Fig. 4 is a View showing the inside of a mold position of the mold boards, which are held in board and which is taken looking in the direction place by means of bolts 33. It will be seen from 45 of wow 4, Fig 3. the1 dg'rawmg ltitat tl'e plows care rtelzvo lansely0 1arranggd an emo oarsarea use 0 row e 32 g ifi fii ggifi ii i fi g s g $35 22? ground inwardly towards the center and against the celery stalks. Located directly towards the though they do not in fact Serve as runners but rear of the discharge ends of the moldboards are are designated in this manner because they form firming rollers 34. These rollers are mounted for a p l n of the runner and occupy poeltlon rotation in the supports 35 which are provided at a al E o an ordmaly Sled lllmlersecured to one end with spaced parallel supporting members the inner surfaces of the wo runn rs a e ba 6, 36 to which the axes about which the rollers rotate 1, 6a and la. These bars have two portions bent are attached. Members 35 have each one end se- 55 cured to one of the runners by means of bolts 31. Attention is called to the fact that the position of the rollers can be adjusted by the same means as that employed for adjusting the moldboards vertically, so that the rollers will always remain in the proper position with respect to the moldboards.

Pivotally attached to each of the forwardly extending members I? is a wheel fork 38. A roller 39 is pivoted to the lower end of each fork as indicated at 40. Member I 5 is provided with a curved quadrant 4| having spaced notches 42 and the wheel forks have handles 43 which extend upwardly and are provided with a conventional detent mechanism, a portion of which has been designated by reference numeral 44 in Fig. 2. The Wheel forks are pivoted to the members i? by bolts or rivets 45.

The position of the rollers 39 determine the depth to which the plows will sink into the ground and this in turn determines the depth of the. furrows and the amount of soil that is transferred towards the celery stalks. When the device is to be transported, the rollers 39 are moved downwardly as far as possible and the sled portion is supported by the rollers 46 which are pivotally attached at 47 to the lower ends of the bell crank levers 48. The levers 48 are pivoted at 49 to the runners. The link 51! is pivotally attached at 5! to the upper end of the vertical arm of the bell crank lever. A rod 52 extends across. the top of the sled and is journaled in bearings 53. The ends of this rod are bent as indicated by reference numeral 54 and the upper ends of the links 553 are pivotally attached to the bent ends 5 3 at An adjusting lever 53 is nonrotatably secured to the bar 52 and cooperates with a quadrant 5'! which is provided with a plurality of notches 58. The lever 55 is provided with a conventional detent 59 for engaging the notches to hold the parts in adjusted position. By rotating the arms 54 clockwise in Fig. 2, the bell crank levers will be turned counterclockwise and will bring the rollers 46 to a point down below the lower edge of the runners I 0, and when in this position the machine will be supported above the surface of the ground so that it can be readily transported from place to place.

For the purpose of bracing the plows and holding them against outward movement, a transverse bar 9a, 9b has been provided, as shown in the drawing.

From the above it will be seen that I have produced a very simple and substantial celery hiller 5 device that can be drawn by two horses and which will transfer soil to the sides of a celery row in any quantity required and which will also firm the soil against the stalks so that the air will be excluded and proper bleaching obtained. 10

I desire to call particular attention to the runners l9 that also serve as guides and means for preventing transverse movement, as this assures that the device will not slide from side to side during operation. I also wish to call attention 16 to the means employed for adjusting the depth of the furrows and for transporting the device over the rows, as well as the firming rollers with which the moldboard are provided.

Having described the invention what is claimed 20 as new is fixed to and projecting beneath the lower margin of said base member, a plow beam secured to and projecting forwardly from said base member, a plow point in fixed relation with the forward portion of said beam and arranged to throw a furrow inwardly of said base member, a bracket projecting laterally in fixed relation from and inwardly of a rearward portion of said base member, a moldboard hinged at its forward end to and for cooperation with said plow point and supported for adjustment of its rear end through a vertical are on said bracket, a firming roller independently and adjustably carried by said base member and a bracket adjacent and in substantially the projected plane of the rear end of said moldboard, manually-adjustable, ground-engaging means carried by the forward end of said plo-w beam for control of the penetration of said plow point, and 45 laterally-extending frame bars carried by said base member for cooperative engagement with similar bars of the complementary unit.

BUNZO SHIKL, 

